Four Israel Defense Force soldiers were wounded by mortar fire in the security zone of south Lebanon Tuesday afternoon. None was seriously hurt, an IDF spokesman said. The soldiers were repairing an army post west of the Christian village of Ashiya when they were fired on. They were the first Israeli casualties in south Lebanon in some months.
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